1000 Years of World Architecture: An Illustrated GuideThis volume is a guide to the main characteristics, movements and regional variants of a millennium of Western architecture, from the early Romanesque to the most recent contemporary trends. |
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Page 206
... projects perfectly in keeping with the celebrative nature of the baroque , such as the splendid Fronteira Palace at Benfica ( begun 1667 ) in which the application of the azulejo tradition reached rare levels of quality . Early in the ...
... projects perfectly in keeping with the celebrative nature of the baroque , such as the splendid Fronteira Palace at Benfica ( begun 1667 ) in which the application of the azulejo tradition reached rare levels of quality . Early in the ...
Page 260
... projects from the early years of the century . The first was in St Petersburg , where the tradi- tional Byzantine - Russian forms were abandoned in favour of a city programme involving large public build- ings arranged around an ...
... projects from the early years of the century . The first was in St Petersburg , where the tradi- tional Byzantine - Russian forms were abandoned in favour of a city programme involving large public build- ings arranged around an ...
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... projects , architectural creations , and theoretical writings . The use of reinforced concrete and primary materials like iron and glass , industrialization of the worksite , the codification of certain technical prefabri- cated ...
... projects , architectural creations , and theoretical writings . The use of reinforced concrete and primary materials like iron and glass , industrialization of the worksite , the codification of certain technical prefabri- cated ...
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